AI

These are some of my thoughs (maybe a quick review?) after reading Patrick Dixon’s book on AI. His book is a great introduction to the topic for people who are still not familiar with what artificial intelligence is, and it shows a wide range of real world applications of AI as well as the author’s predictions for the future. Patrick Dixon is a futurist and has been writing about the future of the world for many years. Since I am a programmer and particularly interested in LLMs and generative AI, I figured his book would be a good read. ...

Ok, you probably already know about chatGPT at this point. That language model is great and I use it every day to help me do my stuff and learn to program, but, as someone who likes cyberpunk culture, it makes me wonder how the future is going to look like if this kind of technology evolves even more and gets popular amongst other people. Just a few years ago, most people did not have smartphones and now, they are an integral part of our lives. In a similar way, we are currently in a transition period where LLMs are becoming accessible. ...